Friday, September 10, 2010

Antica for four

Last night I went to the Italian restaurant Antica with 3 of my coworkers. We had a green salad and grilled aubergine as appetizers, followed by carbonara spaghetti, spinach and tomato lasagna and a pizza from their brick oven. As usual, the food there was superb, not to mention the red Pinotage from South Africa. I like Antica for its ambiance as well as the food since each dining room is decorated with colorful Ethiopian paintings. After dinner we decided that since the following day was a holiday, we'd get dessert and espresso. Two of us ordered the tiramisu, and the other two decided to split the chocolate mousse. It turned out that they only had one tiramisu left, so we all ended up sharing both desserts. The tiramisu turned out to be somewhat of a let-down, tasting too acidic to anyone's liking. The mousse was a rich chocolate with a slightly frosting-like texture and a hint of pistachio added. Probably too rich for one person to finish, but it was reasonable between four spoons and balanced well with the espresso.

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